Zephyr Glacier 1 () is a
glacier, about 8 miles (13 km) long, flowing westward from the southwest side of
Mount Edgell
Mount Edgell is a mountain, high, rising eastward of Cape Jeremy, the east side of the north entrance to George VI Sound, on the west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula. It was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition of 1908–10 under Jea ...
into
George VI Sound to the south of
Cape Jeremy Cape Jeremy is a cape marking the east side of the north entrance to George VI Sound and the west end of a line dividing Graham Land and Palmer Land, Antarctica. It was discovered by the British Graham Land expedition, 1934–37, under John Riddoc ...
. The feature was surveyed by
Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS), 1948, and
British Antarctic Survey
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is the United Kingdom's national polar research institute. It has a dual purpose, to conduct polar science, enabling better understanding of global issues, and to provide an active presence in the Antarctic on ...
(BAS), 1971–72; photographed from the air by
U.S. Navy, 1966. Named by
United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee (UK-APC) in 1977 after
Zephyrus, the west wind. One of the several features in this area is named after winds.
Glaciers of Palmer Land
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